During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
Gemma Arterton
as Catrin Cole
Sam Claflin
as Tom Buckley
Bill Nighy
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Jack Huston
as Ellis Cole
Helen McCrory
as Sophie Smith
Eddie Marsan
as Sammy Smith
Jake Lacy
as Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Rachael Stirling
as Phyl Moore
Henry Goodman
as Gabriel Baker
Paul Ritter
as Raymond Parfitt
Reno
**The war and the cinema!** The film was based on the book and about filmmaking, particularly screen writing. Fictional comedy-drama that is set in London in 1940. While the war tearing apart the nation, some people are not disturbed by it. They are going ahead with their film projects, especiall...